Roy Oswalt, RHP, starter

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Oswalt is the ultimate "drop and drive" pitcher. He uses his legs to get the most out of his slight frame, making his fastball explode out of his compact delivery. Oswalt's slider is very short and tight in the mid-upper 80s. He will often attempt to backdoor LHs with it. He throws a changeup that sinks when kept down, otherwise it will float into home plate. Oswalt's signature pitch is his 12-6 curveball that he can vary the velocity on. He can throw it in the upper 70s and hard, or will often slow it down into the 60s to give it huge break. In the past, Oswalt has experimented with a split-finger pitch. 4/9/09 CSJ

*fastball(90-96), curve(66-80), slider(83-87), changeup(81-83)

 

Wandy Rodriguez, LHP, starter

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Rodriguez is a simple 3-pitch pitcher. He throws a big curve between 72-78mph, a straight changeup in the low 80s, and a straight fastball in the upper 80s. Wandy was also a member of the 2007 Caribbean Series champion Aguilas Cibaenas. 10/24/08 CSJ

*fastball(86-90), curve(72-78), changeup(81-85)

Wesley Wright, LHP, reliever

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Wesley is a young lefty. He shows a live arm that produces a low-90s fastball and sweeping slider. He has shown me a slow curveball as well. Wesley produced good K totals in 2008, but still needs to work on his command. 10/24/08 CSJ

*fastball(90-93), slider(82-86), curve(77-78)

Tim Byrdak, LHP, reliever

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Byrdak is fastball/slider lefty. His fastball is fairly straight, while his slider sweeps across the hitting zone. Byrdak also uses the standard strategy of throwing his changeup to RHs. 7/25/08 CSJ

*fastball(88-92), slider(81-86), changeup(79-82)

Chris Sampson, RHP, starter/reliever

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Sampson has a good looking curveball that he can drop in for strikes. He also throws lots of sliders. However, his moving fastball doesn't appear good enough to throw quality major league innings. 8/11/08 CSJ

*fastball(87-91), slider(81-84), curve(77-79), changeup(83)

Brian Moehler, RHP, starter

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With velocity that barely touches 90mph, Moehler relies on using a moving fastball, a cutter, and sinking changeup. He'll use the cutter primarily inside on LHs, but will also occasionally throw it to RHs like a slider. Moehler's changeup is used often to LHs. Brian shows a curveball as his fourth pitch. 9/11/08 CSJ

*fastball(87-90), cutter(85-87), changeup(80-82), curve(78)

Alberto Arias, RHP, reliever

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Alberto Arias throws a moving 90mph fastball and a hard breaking curve. I have not seen an off-speed pitch from Arias. 6/23/08 CSJ

*fastball(91-94), curve(80-83)

Jeff Fulchino, RHP, reliever

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Fulchino is a big dude who can bring some heat. He pumps in a dropping splitter to go with his heavy fastball. Jeff also shows a tight slider. 10/24/08 CSJ

*fastball(91-95), splitter(82-88), slider(81-87)


 


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